Provides independent advice and practical help to people with learning
disabilities, their families and other unpaid care providers. It
advises on wills, trusts and powers of attorney. In some situations can
act as a trustee in relation to a trust set up for dependent adults.

An assessment gives you a chance to talk to someone about what support might make caring easier. A social worker or a carers support officer will visit you to talk about what help would be useful to you and the person you care for. Some of the things you will talk about are:

“entitled to” – what you can claim

This website can help you determine if there are benefits that you ought to be receiving – assuming you’re a British resident. People across the UK are missing out on benefits and tax credits worth more than £8 billion a year. Just use the simple calculator to work out how much you could claim. This site is free and no personal information is required, so anonymity is assured.

Cerebra Grant Scheme

Their grant scheme funds up to 80% of the cost of equipment and services to help make life easier and more enjoyable for children with neurological conditions.Everything we fund has to be for the direct benefit of a specific child and every application is looked at in relation to the individual needs of that child. This means that we can not fund equipment for schools and other groups.

Family Fund

Give grants for things that make life easier and more enjoyable for the disabled child, young person (up to 17 years) and their family, such as washing machines, driving lessons, computers and holidays (financial restriction apply).

Disabled Toilets RADAR National Key Scheme (NKS)

What is a Radar Key?

A RADAR Key (sometimes called an NKS Key) is a large, silver-coloured skeleton key that opens more than 9,000 disabled toilets in the UK. To order a Key, or the accompanying NKS Guide contact RADAR (now Disability Rights UK) https://crm.disabilityrightsuk.org/radar-nks-key .We have heard that there is an Apple app available for use with iPhones which shows where the toilets are .